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    • Dec 19, 1901
    Oliver La Farge is born in New York City. A Pulitzer Prize-winning author, he fathers Peter La Farge, who writes the 1964 Johnny Cash hit "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"
    Apr 30, 1931
    Peter La Farge is born in Fountain, Colorado. A Native American songwriter, he nets a country hit in 1964 when Johnny Cash records "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"
    Aug 2, 1963
    Author Oliver La Farge dies at Bataan Memorial Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Son Peter La Farge earns a country hit as a songwriter the following year when Johnny Cash records "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"
    Jun 30, 1964
    Johnny Cash records four songs written by Peter La Farge and one by Johnny Horton to complete his Native American-themed album "Bitter Tears." The project will receive a Grammy nomination
    Oct 27, 1965
    Native American songwriter Peter La Farge commits suicide by slashing his wrists in a Greenwich Village bathtub. At the time, Johnny Cash has a country hit with the La Farge-penned "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"
    Sep 22, 2019
    The cultural influence of folk music is represented in episode five of the PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns." The installment features Bob Dylan's "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall," Peter La Farge's "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes" and Pete Seeger's "We Shall Overcome"
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